Chess Match: Bartmanhomer vs. Lethologica

[Lethologica]

Bishop c8-e6.

1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. Be2 Nc6
5. 0-0 e5
6. d3 Be7
7. Bd2 f5
8. Bg5 Bxg5
9. Bxg5 Qxg5
10. Nc3 Nf6
11. a4 0-0
12. a5 Be6

[Bartmanhomer]

1. E4 c6 2. NF3 d5 3. Exd5 cxd5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6.d3 Be7 7. Bd2 f5 8. Bg5 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. A4 O-O 12. A5 Be6 13. D4

[Lethologica]

Knight c6 takes d4.

1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. Be2 Nc6
5. 0-0 e5
6. d3 Be7
7. Bd2 f5
8. Bg5 Bxg5
9. Bxg5 Qxg5
10. Nc3 Nf6
11. a4 0-0
12. a5 Be6
13. d4 Nxd4

[Bartmanhomer]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Be7 7. Bd2 f5 8. Bg5 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Be6 13. d4 Nxd4 14. f4

[Lethologica]

Knight d4 takes e2, check.

1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. Be2 Nc6
5. 0-0 e5
6. d3 Be7
7. Bd2 f5
8. Bg5 Bxg5
9. Bxg5 Qxg5
10. Nc3 Nf6
11. a4 0-0
12. a5 Be6
13. d4 Nxd4
14. f4 Nxe2+

[Bartmanhomer]

1. E4 c6 2. NF3 d5 3. Exd5 cxd5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6.d3 Be7 7. Bd2 f5 8. Bg5 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. A4 O-O 12. A5 Be6 13. D4 NxD4 14. F4 Nxe2+ 15. QxNe2

[Lethologica]

Queen g5-h6.

1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. Be2 Nc6
5. 0-0 e5
6. d3 Be7
7. Bd2 f5
8. Bg5 Bxg5
9. Bxg5 Qxg5
10. Nc3 Nf6
11. a4 0-0
12. a5 Be6
13. d4 Nxd4
14. f4 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Qh6

[Bartmanhomer]

1. E4 c6 2. NF3 d5 3. Exd5 cxd5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6.d3 Be7 7. Bd2 f5 8. Bg5 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. A4 O-O 12. A5 Be6 13. D4 NxD4 14. F4 Nxe2 + 15. QxNe2 Qh6 16. Qf2

[Lethologica]

Knight f6-g4.

1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. Be2 Nc6
5. 0-0 e5
6. d3 Be7
7. Bd2 f5
8. Bg5 Bxg5
9. Bxg5 Qxg5
10. Nc3 Nf6
11. a4 0-0
12. a5 Be6
13. d4 Nxd4
14. f4 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Qh6
16. Qf2 Ng4

[Bartmanhomer]

1. E4 c6 2. NF3 d5 3. Exd5 cxd5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6.d3 Be7 7. Bd2 f5 8. Bg5 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. A4 O-O 12. A5 Be6 13. D4 NxD4 14. F4 Nxe2+ 15. QxNe2 Qh6 16. Qf2 Ng4 17. Qg3

[Lethologica]

Pawn d5-d4.

1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. Be2 Nc6
5. 0-0 e5
6. d3 Be7
7. Bd2 f5
8. Bg5 Bxg5
9. Bxg5 Qxg5
10. Nc3 Nf6
11. a4 0-0
12. a5 Be6
13. d4 Nxd4
14. f4 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Qh6
16. Qf2 Ng4
17. Qg3 d4

[Bartmanhomer]

1. E4 c6 2. NF3 d5 3. Exd5 cxd5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6.d3 Be7 7. Bd2 f5 8. Bg5 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. A4 O-O 12. A5 Be6 13. D4 NxD4 14. F4 Nxe2+ 15. QxNe2 Qh6 16. Qf2 Ng4 17. Qg3 D4 18. Ne4

[Lethologica]

Pawn f5 takes e4.

1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. Be2 Nc6
5. 0-0 e5
6. d3 Be7
7. Bd2 f5
8. Bg5 Bxg5
9. Bxg5 Qxg5
10. Nc3 Nf6
11. a4 0-0
12. a5 Be6
13. d4 Nxd4
14. f4 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Qh6
16. Qf2 Ng4
17. Qg3 d4
18. Ne4 fxe4

[Bartmanhomer]

1. E4 c6 2. NF3 d5 3. Exd5 cxd5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6.d3 Be7 7. Bd2 f5 8. Bg5 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. A4 O-O 12. A5 Be6 13. D4 NxD4 14. F4 Nxe2+ 15. QxNe2 Qh6 16. Qf2 Ng4 17. Qg3 D4 18. Ne4 fxe4 19. Ra3

[Lethologica]

Pawn e5 takes f4.

1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. Be2 Nc6
5. 0-0 e5
6. d3 Be7
7. Bd2 f5
8. Bg5 Bxg5
9. Bxg5 Qxg5
10. Nc3 Nf6
11. a4 0-0
12. a5 Be6
13. d4 Nxd4
14. f4 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Qh6
16. Qf2 Ng4
17. Qg3 d4
18. Ne4 fxe4
19. Ra3 exf4

[Bartmanhomer]

1. E4 c6 2. NF3 d5 3. Exd5 cxd5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6.d3 Be7 7. Bd2 f5 8. Bg5 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. A4 O-O 12. A5 Be6 13. D4 NxD4 14. F4 Nxe2+ 15. QxNe2 Qh6 16. Qf2 Ng4 17. Qg3 D4 18. Ne4 fxe4 19. Ra3 exf4 20. Rxpf4

[Lethologica]

Rook f8 takes f4.

1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. Be2 Nc6
5. 0-0 e5
6. d3 Be7
7. Bd2 f5
8. Bg5 Bxg5
9. Bxg5 Qxg5
10. Nc3 Nf6
11. a4 0-0
12. a5 Be6
13. d4 Nxd4
14. f4 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Qh6
16. Qf2 Ng4
17. Qg3 d4
18. Ne4 fxe4
19. Ra3 exf4
20. Rxf4 Rxf4

[Bartmanhomer]

1.E4 c6 2. NF3 d5 3. Exd5 cxd5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6.d3 Be7 7. Bd2 f5 8. Bg5 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. A4 O-O 12. A5 Be6 13. D4 NxD4 14. F4 Nxe2 + 15. QxNe2 Qh6 16. Qf2 Ng4 17. Qg3 D4 18. Ne4 fxe4 19. Ra3 exf4 20. RxF4 Rxf4 21. QxRf4

[Lethologica]

Queen h6 takes f4.

1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. Be2 Nc6
5. 0-0 e5
6. d3 Be7
7. Bd2 f5
8. Bg5 Bxg5
9. Bxg5 Qxg5
10. Nc3 Nf6
11. a4 0-0
12. a5 Be6
13. d4 Nxd4
14. f4 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Qh6
16. Qf2 Ng4
17. Qg3 d4
18. Ne4 fxe4
19. Ra3 exf4
20. Rxf4 Rxf4
21. Qxf4 Qxf4

[Bartmanhomer]

1.E4 c6 2. NF3 d5 3. Exd5 cxd5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6.d3 Be7 7. Bd2 f5 8. Bg5 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. A4 O-O 12. A5 Be6 13. D4 NxD4 14. F4 Nxe2+ 15. QxNe2 Qh6 16. Qf2 Ng4 17. Qg3 D4 18. Ne4 fxe4 19. Ra3 exf4 20. Rxpf4 Rxpf4 21. QXRF4 QXRF4 22. RF3

[Lethologica]

Pawn e4 takes f3.

1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. Be2 Nc6
5. 0-0 e5
6. d3 Be7
7. Bd2 f5
8. Bg5 Bxg5
9. Bxg5 Qxg5
10. Nc3 Nf6
11. a4 0-0
12. a5 Be6
13. d4 Nxd4
14. f4 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Qh6
16. Qf2 Ng4
17. Qg3 d4
18. Ne4 fxe4
19. Ra3 exf4
20. Rxf4 Rxf4
21. Qxf4 Qxf4
22. Rf3 exf3

[Bartmanhomer]

1. e4 c6. 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Be7 7. Bd2 f5 8. Bg5 Bxg5 9. Bxg5 Qxg5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Be6 13. d4 Nxd4 14. f4 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe6 Qh6 16. Qf2 Ng4 17. Qg3 d4 18. Ne4 fxe4 19. Ra3 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21. Qxf4 Qxf4 22. Rf3 exf3 23. Pa6

[Lethologica]

Queen f4-c1, checkmate.

1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. Be2 Nc6
5. 0-0 e5
6. d3 Be7
7. Bd2 f5
8. Bg5 Bxg5
9. Bxg5 Qxg5
10. Nc3 Nf6
11. a4 0-0
12. a5 Be6
13. d4 Nxd4
14. f4 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Qh6
16. Qf2 Ng4
17. Qg3 d4
18. Ne4 fxe4
19. Ra3 exf4
20. Rxf4 Rxf4
21. Qxf4 Qxf4
22. Rf3 exf3
23. a6 Qc1#

[Bartmanhomer]

D'oh! Oh well. Good game.

[Lethologica]

Good game. Let me know if you'd like to review and/or play another.

[Bartmanhomer]

Sure. Review away.

[Lethologica]

All right. We left opening theory pretty quickly, and I basically threw pawns at the 5th rank and dared you to challenge them. The Be2-Bd2-d3 configuration left your bishops kind of cramped and inactive--I was expecting to see d4 at some point, since it's pretty safe and gets you space to maneuver.

There were some unfortunate moves where you moved your piece into a square you didn't control, and sacrificed material. For each of Bg5, d4, Ne4, the square you moved to was attacked by Black more times than it was defended by White. Counting the number of pieces attacking a square is always important when picking moves.

The a4-a5 idea was interesting, but it gave me time to castle and get my ducks in order. f4 was strong, and it would have been even stronger earlier, around move 11.

The final exchange on f4 was another case where f4 is attacked more times than it's defended. After 19. ...exf4, you were down a pawn. After 21. ...Qxf4, you were down a queen. Retreating was better than trading, though you had a pretty severe material deficit at that point.

Those are my thoughts.

[Bartmanhomer]

All right. We left opening theory pretty quickly, and I basically threw pawns at the 5th rank and dared you to challenge them. The Be2-Bd2-d3 configuration left your bishops kind of cramped and inactive--I was expecting to see d4 at some point, since it's pretty safe and gets you space to maneuver.

There were some unfortunate moves where you moved your piece into a square you didn't control, and sacrificed material. For each of Bg5, d4, Ne4, the square you moved to was attacked by Black more times than it was defended by White. Counting the number of pieces attacking a square is always important when picking moves.

The a4-a5 idea was interesting, but it gave me time to castle and get my ducks in order. f4 was strong, and it would have been even stronger earlier, around move 11.

The final exchange on f4 was another case where f4 is attacked more times than it's defended. After 19. ...exf4, you were down a pawn. After 21. ...Qxf4, you were down a queen. Retreating was better than trading, though you had a pretty severe material deficit at that point.

Those are my thoughts.

Yeah about opening part, I was going to pull a scholar mate opening but I wasn't sure how experienced you were so I didn't use that opening.and pretty much the middle game and endgame when downhill. To tell you the truth I'm pretty much a bottom tier chess player and I lost my ability to play tactical and strategic capabilities to pull powerful moves back in my day. I was going to resign but I don't resign no matter how hopeless the situation in this game was. So I just made the best of it.